Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-17 Thread Thies C. Arntzen
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 05:41:59PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Andi. yeah, I will wait for Thies to reply to me. We have sort of a started this discussion with him before, so hopefully he will join into this one. My main concerns about OCI8 are the followings ones. Some of

Re: Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-17 Thread Thies C. Arntzen
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 10:22:04AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure glad this in the headlines again ;-) As Thies knows, I already proposed another important change, which is supporting multiple character sets. This is very important on shared web platforms, and I have experienced

Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-17 Thread Thies C. Arntzen
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:24:24AM +0200, Maxim Maletsky wrote: any OCIParse and set the charset. This would be: 1. more flexible 2. would exclude non-authentication functionality with OCILogon 3. easier to find for a user adding the charset to the logon call is how the others do

Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-17 Thread Thies C. Arntzen
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 03:15:36PM +0200, Maxim Maletsky wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... : [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 16.10.02 14:27:35: I think, at this point, it is up to Thies to review the patch. I hope he's not too harsh on it ;-), since this code is certainly

Re: Re: Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-17 Thread Thies C. Arntzen
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 10:26:46AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, and just to be clear about it: I am absolutely positive on a completely new (perhaps unified) extension for PHP 5, and would gladly participate. hmm, sure - why not. we could start to brainstoorm about that and

Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-17 Thread Maxim Maletsky
Thies C. Arntzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... : On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 05:41:59PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Andi. yeah, I will wait for Thies to reply to me. We have sort of a started this discussion with him before, so hopefully he will join into this one. My

Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-17 Thread Maxim Maletsky
Thies C. Arntzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... : On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:24:24AM +0200, Maxim Maletsky wrote: any OCIParse and set the charset. This would be: 1. more flexible 2. would exclude non-authentication functionality with OCILogon 3. easier to find for a user

Re: Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-16 Thread predator79
I'm sure glad this in the headlines again ;-) As Thies knows, I already proposed another important change, which is supporting multiple character sets. This is very important on shared web platforms, and I have experienced the trouble that arises from the way the oci ext treats the session

Re: Re: Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-16 Thread predator79
Oh, and just to be clear about it: I am absolutely positive on a completely new (perhaps unified) extension for PHP 5, and would gladly participate. I Just don't think that changing anything in the current situation would be useful. Abdul [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 16.10.02 10:22:18: I'm

Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-16 Thread Maxim Maletsky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... : I'm sure glad this in the headlines again ;-) As Thies knows, I already proposed another important change, which is supporting multiple character sets. This is very important on shared web platforms, and I have experienced the trouble that arises from the way

Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-16 Thread Maxim Maletsky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... : Oh, and just to be clear about it: I am absolutely positive on a completely new (perhaps unified) extension for PHP 5, and would gladly participate. I Just don't think that changing anything in the current situation would be useful. I'd never meant to :) --

RE: Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-16 Thread BUSTARRET, Jean-Francois
-Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 16 octobre 2002 10:22 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer I'm sure glad this in the headlines again ;-) +1 As Thies knows, I already proposed another

Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-16 Thread Maxim Maletsky
It might be interesting to change only the extension name from oci8 to oci (which would be less confusing when working with 9i). Unless your code relies on extension names, it will still work. -1 for merging ora_ with oci_ extensions unless you can disable ora_* functions at compile time

Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-16 Thread predator79
Hm, quite a few issues... Here are my thoughts regarding one of them. As Thies knows, I already proposed another important change, which is supporting multiple character sets. This is very important on shared web platforms, and I have experienced the trouble that arises from the way the oci

Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-16 Thread predator79
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 16.10.02 12:13:57: It might be interesting to change only the extension name from oci8 to oci (which would be less confusing when working with 9i). Unless your code relies on extension names, it will still work. Nice idea, but I guess this is sheer cosmetics, or

Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-16 Thread Maxim Maletsky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... : Hm, quite a few issues... Here are my thoughts regarding one of them. As Thies knows, I already proposed another important change, which is supporting multiple character sets. This is very important on shared web platforms, and I have experienced the

Re: Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-16 Thread predator79
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 16.10.02 14:27:35: I think, at this point, it is up to Thies to review the patch. I hope he's not too harsh on it ;-), since this code is certainly *not* ready for merging into the cvs tree. Meaning: it merges perfectly, but doesn't compile correctly on Oracle

Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-16 Thread Maxim Maletsky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... : [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 16.10.02 12:13:57: It might be interesting to change only the extension name from oci8 to oci (which would be less confusing when working with 9i). Unless your code relies on extension names, it will still work. Nice idea,

Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-16 Thread Maxim Maletsky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... : [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 16.10.02 14:27:35: I think, at this point, it is up to Thies to review the patch. I hope he's not too harsh on it ;-), since this code is certainly *not* ready for merging into the cvs tree. Meaning: it merges perfectly,

[PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-15 Thread Maxim Maletsky
Guys, a few month ago, I have been trying to offer some of my help for developing Oracle 9i extension, or in anyway, to improve the existing PHP/Oracle functionality. original posts are here:

Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-15 Thread Andi Gutmans
Hey, I'm sure that if there's work to be done people using Oracle will appreciate your contribution. Personally, I don't use Oracle so I suggest you talk to Thies who's the maintainer of the extension about the things you feel are missing. (It can also be public here on php-dev if you need

Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-15 Thread Thies C. Arntzen
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 01:51:29PM +0200, Maxim Maletsky wrote: Guys, a few month ago, I have been trying to offer some of my help for developing Oracle 9i extension, or in anyway, to improve the existing PHP/Oracle functionality. original posts are here:

Re: [PHP-DEV] OCI extension help offer

2002-10-15 Thread maxim
Thanks, Andi. yeah, I will wait for Thies to reply to me. We have sort of a started this discussion with him before, so hopefully he will join into this one. My main concerns about OCI8 are the followings ones. Some of them are related to the opverall idea of PHP-DB usage, some to the actual